origins

This webpage is dedicated to human powered adventures – primarily, but not exclusively, to backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering.  There will also be adventures involving camping, hiking, running, mountain biking, backpacking, water, rock climbing, and thrills not presently mentioned. Sometimes the endeavors are endurance based, sometimes they’re of a short duration. Basically, it’s a mix – as long as it’s powered by food, water, and sweat.

Much of the venturing has taken place, and shall continue, in two different mountain ranges – the Tetons of Wyoming and the Wasatch of Utah. There will of course, be visits to other ranges, and other locales…

It has been created for various reasons, the most primary of which is to attempt to answer the seemingly eternal question, ‘Why persist in taking such risks?’  I get asked this question a lot, as I suspect do many people who venture with skis outside of established resort area boundaries.  I have answered the question in more ways than it can be phrased, and yet am never completely happy with the answer I give.

That’s because any answer to this question is necessarily incomplete.  Here I endeavor to more fully answer the inquiry.  Perhaps I shall discover some new answers along the way as well. (Check out the 12 part Answering the Question series for a more in-depth look at this topic.)

Heading down the unknown during a possible first ski descent. Photo by Caroline Gleich.

Read about this adventure here…